Custom Shop Gibson Les Paul's: what's so good about the recent ones?

Maxguitarstore  © 2019

[yestoES]

The Custom shop has always been top notch. All the crazy QC stuff is from the USA factory. Played some mid to late 90s custom shop Gibsons that were simply amazing. They’re consistent regardless of year. If anything the marketing is always whack and people assume it’s “better”. True historic, historic, and now the anniversary models. Skip the BS and you get the same core guitar

[shane]

I've just bought a Gibson 1957 Les Paul Custom Gold Top Dark Back my dream guitar.

[sixbladeknife]

The Custom Shop’s quality has always been stellar, the assertion that it’s better now compared to a few years ago is pure nonsense.

[Rantila]

I have a custom shop axcess that has a richlite board…its really not bad, people are hung up on”its not ebony”..though true, you never have to worry about it cracking or shrinking or those little cracks in the binding at the ends of the frets..

[chriswalker]

Richlite is also used by Martin on their (expensive!) acoustic guitars and is great on Gibson's too. I have an ebony custom board and a richlite one - No discernible difference!

[MrDadyblues]

I think history he said happened after 2015 many good changes happened 2015 also owner and products manager

[khonmaru]

I want a Gibson custom shop les paul 1959 model again .
But high price, ,,

[techlaw]

What is the color of the guitar in the first solo?

[scottanderson]

Will Gibson ever make guitars good enough again that there is no need for a Custom Shop Gibson to get a good Gibson guitar 😐

[artkeelsme]

Klinkt geweldig!! Welke versterker gebruikten jullie?

[richardwalley]

Every few years they do this....better than ever! Newly revamped! New owner! But when you look at the specs it’s the same old crap for the last 20 years

[SL]

Greyish rosewood and poorly finished fingerboard, ugly dye aniline stains, poor setups is not what I call "better".
A lot of marketing BS has helped relaying this legend. I would say Custom shop is still very good in general.

Please don't trust the "more historically correct BS" that Gibson serve you every year, while they hide the fact that they can no longer get nice rosewood or spend as much time setting up your future guitar because they need, like any other company, to cut costs more and more.

[deanlunn]

I have 3 2018 R8s and they have real Indian Rosewood Fingerboards unlike this Bolivian substitute they are putting on since 2019. Also Bolivian is Pau Ferro it's a disgrace and yes us real guitarists can tell the diffrence. Curleigh isnt in the same league as Henry J....
And shame on you lot for talking rubbish !!!